The DuPont Show of the Week The Betrayal (Season 2, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama, Musical

The DuPont Show of the Week

The Betrayal (Season 2, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A colonel of the East German People's Police is assassinated by Richard Thaelman, a young underground hero and son of Professor Gretchen Thaelman. Richard flees to the apartment of Carl Richter, a non-political student of the professor.

Director

Jack Smight

Writers

Joseph Conrad (novel "Under Western Eyes") | Ernest Pendrell (adaptation)

Producer

Lewis Freedman

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 21, 1962

Release date

Oct 21, 1962 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 8 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 4 nominations

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
John Abbott The General The General See fewer	The Jungle Book (1967)
Alan Alda The Cafe Boy The Cafe Boy See fewer	MAS*H (1972)
John Alderman Richard Thaelman Richard Thaelman See fewer	Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Burt Brinckerhoff Carl Richter Carl Richter See fewer	Lou Grant (1977)
Bruce Glover Huberman Huberman See fewer	Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Carol Gustafson The Cafe Girl The Cafe Girl See fewer	Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Brandon Maggart Muller (as Brandon Maggert) Muller (as Brandon Maggert) See fewer	Dressed to Kill (1980)
Margaret O'Brien Elsa Thaelman Elsa Thaelman See fewer	Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Otto Simánek The Colonel The Colonel See fewer	Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960)
Maureen Stapleton Professor Gretchen Anna Thaelman Professor Gretchen Anna Thaelman See fewer	Reds (1981)
Franchot Tone Inspector Inspector See fewer	Dangerous (1935)
Blanche Yurka The Landlady The Landlady See fewer	A Tale of Two Cities (1935)